Zambia

Capital city — Lusaka

Country population
20,569,737
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2023
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.569
(153/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
5.25
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2015
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of prisoners
25,372
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01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
125
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01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
238.2 %
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01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
90
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
3.3 %
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05/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
7.2 %
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05/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
20.1 %
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01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2022
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

3.3 %

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05/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

7.2 %

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05/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

20.1 % (5,101)

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01/2024

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2022

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